Simon Proulx-Sénécal
| Simon Proulx-Sénécal | |
|---|---|
| Personal information | |
| Country represented | Armenia |
| Born |
December 6, 1991 LaSalle, Quebec, Canada |
| Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) |
| Partner | Tina Garabedian |
| Former partner | Mélissande Dumas, Christina Penkov, Josyane Cholette |
| Coach | Shae Zukiwsky, Shawn Winter |
| Choreographer | Shae Zukiwsky |
| Training locations | Montreal |
| Began skating | 1999 |
| ISU personal best scores | |
| Combined total |
127.92 2015 Golden Spin |
| Short dance |
50.17 2016 Europeans |
| Free dance |
79.66 2015 Golden Spin |
Simon Proulx-Sénécal (born December 6, 1991) is a Canadian ice dancer who competes with Tina Garabedian for Armenia. They are the 2015 Golden Spin of Zagreb bronze medalists and reached the free dance at the 2016 European Championships.
Personal life
Simon Proulx-Sénécal was born on December 6, 1991 in LaSalle, Quebec, Canada.[1]
Career
Proulx-Sénécal switched from ice hockey to figure skating when he was seven years old and teamed up with his first partner at age twelve.[2] Competing with Josyane Cholette, he placed 11th in junior ice dancing at both the 2011 and 2012 Canadian Championships.[3] He and Christina Penkov were 15th on the junior level at the 2013 Canadian Championships.[4] During the next two seasons, he competed with Mélissande Dumas on the senior level. They finished 11th at the 2014 Canadian Championships and 12th in 2015.[5]
Partnership with Garabedian
In May 2015,[6] Proulx-Sénécal teamed up with Tina Garabedian to compete for Armenia. Making their international debut, they placed sixth at the 2015 Ice Challenge, a 2015–16 ISU Challenger Series (CS) event held in October in Graz, Austria. In December, they won their first CS medal – bronze at the 2015 Golden Spin of Zagreb.
In January 2016, Garabedian/Proulx-Sénécal were one of twenty teams to qualify for the final segment at the European Championships in Bratislava, Slovakia, having ranked 20th in the short dance. They finished 18th overall after placing 18th in the free dance.
Programs
(with Garabedian)
| Season | Short dance | Free dance |
|---|---|---|
| 2015–16 [1] |
|
Competitive highlights
With Garabedian for Armenia
| International[7] | ||
|---|---|---|
| Event | 2015–16 | 2016–17 |
| World Champ. | 27th | |
| European Champ. | 18th | |
| CS Golden Spin | 3rd | |
| CS Ice Challenge | 6th | |
| CS U.S. Classic | 9th | |
| CS Warsaw Cup | 5th | |
| Bavarian Open | 2nd | |
| TBD = Assigned | ||
Earlier partnerships
| National[3][4][5] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Event | 2010–11 (with Cholette) |
2011–12 (with Cholette) |
2012–13 (with Penkov) |
2013–14 (with Dumas) |
2014–15 (with Dumas) |
| Canadian Champ. | 11th J. | 11th J. | 15th J. | 11th | 12th |
| J. = Junior level | |||||
References
- 1 2 "Tina GARABEDIAN / Simon PROULX-SENECAL: 2015/2016". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on February 9, 2016.
- ↑ "Garabedian & Proulx-Senecal focus on the road ahead". ice-dance.com. July 20, 2016.
- 1 2 "Competition Results: Josyane CHOLETTE / Simon PROULX-SENECAL". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on February 9, 2016.
- 1 2 "Competition Results: Christina PENKOV / Simon PROULX-SENECAL". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on February 9, 2016.
- 1 2 "Competition Results: Melissande DUMAS / Simon PROULX-SENECAL". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on February 9, 2016.
- ↑ Lamarre, Sylvain (October 24, 2015). "Tina Garabedian rêve de représenter l'Arménie aux Olympiques" [Tina Garabedian dreams of representing Armenia at the Olympics]. Courrier Laval (in French).
- ↑ "Competition Results: Tina GARABEDIAN / Simon PROULX-SENECAL". International Skating Union.
External links
Media related to Simon Proulx-Sénécal at Wikimedia Commons